Attaching of buttons and the like without sewing

ABSTRACT

A plate element has extending from one major surface thereof a filament portion; it is provided with two passages extending between the two major surfaces, and on the major surface remote from the filament portion with an open groove extending between the two passages at right angles to the elongation thereof. The filament portion is pushed through a web and from the remote side of the web pushed through again, thus forming at the side of the web remote from the plate a loop in which a button or the like may be engaged. The filament is then pushed successively through the two passages in the plate forming at the side of the plate which is remote from the carrier web a loop through which the free end portion of the filament is then pulled so that it is located in the groove. Instead of the plate, the filament portion may also be provided on the bottom or on a section of a snap fastener which can thus be connected with a carrier web without sewing.

States Patent [191 Nysten' Jan. 15, 1974 [75] Inventor: Bernhard P.Nysten, Aachen,

Germany [73] Assignee: Firma William Prym-Werke K.G.,

Stolberg/Rhineland, Germany [22] Filed: Oct. 28, 1971 [2]] Appl. No.:193,369

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data Oct. 29, 1970 Germany ..P 20 53091.0

[52] US. Cl. 24/90 TA, 24/90 W [51] Int. Cl..= A44b H18 [58] Field ofSearch 24/90 TA, 90 W, 90 R, 24/90 TB; 90 F, 90 TS, 96, 94, 103, 111

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS ORAPPLICATIONS 515,412 12/1930 Germany 24/90 W 2/1962 France 24/16 PB11/1969 Germany 24/90 W Primary ExaminerBobby R. Gay AssistantExaminerDarrell Marquette Attorney-Michael S. Striker [57] ABSTRACT Aplate element has extending from one major surface thereof a filamentportion; it is provided with two passages extending between the twomajor surfaces, and on the major surface remote from the filamentportion with an open groove extending between the two passages at rightangles to the elongation thereof. The fil ament portion is pushedthrough a web and from the remote side of the web pushed through again,thus forming at the side of the web remote from the plate a loop inwhich a button or the like may be engaged. The filament is then pushedsuccessively through the two passages in the plate forming at the sideof the plate which is remote from the carrier web a loop through whichthe free end portion of the filament is then pulled so that it islocated in the groove. Instead of the plate, the filament portion mayalso be provided on the bottom or on a section of a snap fastener whichcan thus be connected with a carrier web without sewmg.

7 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures l ATTACHING OF BUTTONS AND THE LIKE WITHOUTSEWING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relatesgenerally to the'securing of buttons, snap fasteners and the like to acarrier without sewing, and more particularly to a securing element foreffecting such securing and to buttons, snap fasteners or the like whichcan be so secured.

It is already known from the art to secure buttons and similarcomponents to carriers, such as garments and the like, by providing thebutton with a filamentary shank which is passed through the garment andprovided with an eye or the like through which a retaining member isextended. This prior-art proposal is disadvantageous insofar as a buttonconnected in this manner to a garment or the like will be rather looselyretained, which is frequently found objectionable or even functionallydisadvantageous. Moreover, there is always the danger that the retainingelement might slip out of the eye and might thus become disconnected andlost.

According to another proposal of the prior art a plate member isutilized through which the filamentary shank of the button is passed inan appropriate opening of the plate member, to be retained and connectedin this opening with an adhesive. Insofar as this proposal is concerned,thedisadvantages are to be seen in the fact that it is not onlynecessary to utilize additional adhesive in addition to the othercomponents, but also that the application of the adhesive requires afurther operating step and that it is necessary to wait a certain periodof time before the button can be used in order to give the adhesive achance to set.

Still another proposal of the prior art provides for a button having afilamentary shank with a wavy end portion. This end portion, pushedthrough the garment is inserted into a plate-like or other retainingmember having a channel provided with constricted portions in which thewavy end portion of the filamentary shank is supposed to becomeclampingly engaged. Experience has shown that in this construction theretentive capability is inadequate and that buttons so secured tend toget lost. The same applies to still another proposal in which a buttonis utilized with an undercut annular groove and with a filamentary shankwhich is passed from one side through the garment to the other side andback to the one side whereupon inserted into the annular groove andafter several windings are taken therein, allowed with the free end ofthe filamentary shank to abut against the inner wall bounding thegroove. This construction, also tends to become disengaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is, accordingly, a general object of thepresent invention to provide an improved solution to the problem ofsecuring a button or the like to a carrier web without sewing.

More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to providean improved securing element for securing such a button or the like to acarrier web without sewing.

It is also an object of the invention to provide an improved button,snap fastener or the like which can be secured to a carrier web in thismanner, that is without sewing.

Still another object of the invention is to provide such a securingelement, button or snap fastener which, when connected in this mannerwith a carrier web, is retained reliably against undesired andunintended disengagement.

In pursuance of the above objects, and of others which will becomeapparent hereafter, one feature of the invention resides in a securingelement for securing buttons and analogous closure members to a carrierweb. Broadly stated this securing element comprises a plate portion andat least two filament guide portions which are provided on the plateportion and are elongated in respective intersecting planes. A filamentportion extends from the plate portion and has a first section adjacentthe same, a second section remote from theplate portion and providedwith a tip for penetrating a carrier web, and a third sectionintermediate and connecting the first and second section. In use, thefilament portion is made to penetrate with its tip through a carrier webfrom one to the other side thereof and is then connected in suitablemanner with a button, snap fastener or analogous closure element, forinstance by passing through a lopp-shaped shank of the closure element.Thereupon the tip of the filament portion is passed through the carrierweb again through the first side and is then made to pass through one ofthe guide portions so that its first section becomes located thereinunder formation of a loop constituted by the third section. The secondsection is then made to pass through this loop and to enter in and beretained in the other of the guide portions.

When a securing element connected in this manner is subjected to pull,that is when pull is exerted upon the filament portion, then the loopformed by the third section of the filament will pull against the secondsection thereof which it overlies and which is more remote from thesource where pull is exerted, (namely the button or other closure membersecured by the securing element) than the third section, and the greaterthe pull the more reliable the second section will be retained in itsother guide portion against release. In addition, the fact that thesections of the filament portion cross one another, the tensile forceswhich act upon the individual sections of the filament portion when pullis exerted, will decrease stepwise from the source of pull towards thesecond section which is retained by the loop constituted by the thirdsection. It is thus impossible for such pull to overcome the frictionwith which the loop constituting the third section forces the secondsection to remain in its associated guide portion, and a highly reliablesecuring of a closure member connected with the securing element istherefore achieved.

The securing element according to the present invention can be used, asalready indicated above, for securing various types of closure members,to a carrier, such as a garment. This includes buttons, portions of snapfasteners and the like and it will be appreciated that it is entirelywithin the scope of the invention to pass the filament portionrepeatedly through the carrier from one side to the other that is morethan twice if it is necessary or desirable to have it extend through avgiven number of thread openings provided, for instance in a button.

On the other hand, it is within the scope and intent of the inventionthat a button, a section of a snap fastener or the like can itself beconstituted in a manner mentioned above with respect to the securingelement.

In this case, the button, snap fastener section or the like (whether itbe male or female) is then provided with the filament portion and withthe filament guide portions. The filament portion of such a button orthe like can cooperate with a plate member located at the side of thecarrier remote from the button, that is it can be passed through one ormore holes in such a plate portion, but in the simplest approach thefilament portion will simply be passed through the garment or the likefrom the side where the button is located to the other side, and back tothe side where the button is located to be engaged in the filament guideportions of the button. It goes without saying, that in this embodiment,as in the one utilizing a separate securing element, any excessivelength of the filament portion that is any length of the filamentportion which extends in undesirable manner out of and beyond the otherguide portion, can be cut off or otherwise suitably removed.

It is advantageous that the other guide portion mentioned above, inwhich the second section beomes located and straddled by the loop formedby the third section, be configurated as an open groove on the sideofthe securing element, the button or the snap fastener section which inuse will be exposed, that is will face away from the carrier. The groovecan be formed in the exposed surface or it can be a recess locatedbetween projecting ridges which most advantageously are located in theregion of opposite margins of the plate portion or the like, spaced fromthe point where the second section is crossed by the loop formed by thethird section. The formation of a groove recessed in the exposed surfaceis, however, particularly advantageous because in this manner the secondsection can be completely recessed beneath the plane of this exposedsurface, aside from the fact that it greatly facilitates insertion ofthe second section.

The other guide portion through which the first section of the filamentportion passes, is advantageously in the form of a pair of transverselyspaced passages formed in the plate portion or analogous element (suchas button, snap fastener section or the like) which extend from one tothe other major surface of the plate portion or the like and throughwhich the first section of the filament portion is passed in sequence.It is advantageous if these passages are located at opposite lateralsides of the aforementioned groove and it is further preferable that thegroove extend normal to an imaginary line connecting the two passageswith one another. This results in a particularly effective clampingaction of the loop with respect to the second section of the filamentportion.

The clamping action is further enhanced and is particularly effective,if the second section is engaged and straddled as closely as possible bythe loop formed by the third section, which can be achieved in a simplemanner by spacing the passages from one another by a distance whichcorresponds relatively closely to the diameter of the second section,and which should be as close as possible to this diameter.

The passages themselves may be either in form of actual openingsextending through the plate portion inwardly of the margin thereof, orthey may be in form of notches or kerfs provided in the marginalcircumferential portion of the plate portion. Notches of course permit aparticularly simple insertion of the filament portion. In order topermit location of not only the second section but also the thirdsection entirely below the plane of the major surface in which theaforementioned groove is formed, it is advantageous to connect thepassages by a transverse groove so that there is no longer any portionof the filament extending beyond the exposed surface. The effectivedepression of the groove in which the second portion of the filament islocated, should be smaller with reference to the outermost point of theloop formed by the third section, then the diameter of the filamentportion in the region where the loop formed by the third sectionstraddles the second section, at most it should be equal to the diameterof the filament portion.

In effect it might be said that the manner in which the filament portioncooperates with the plate portion, or

in lieu of the plate portion with a button or snap fastener sectionprovided with the filament guide portions, may be compared with a knotwith the plate portion or analogous component itself constituting a partof the knot. As indicated earlier, the filament portion is made to passor penetrate through the carrier, such as garment without any need forthe use of needles. This presents two somewhat contradictoryrequirements in that on the one hand the filament portion should be asflexible as possible in order to permit the formation of the loops andchanges of directions, whereas on the other hand, such flexibility makesit difficult if not impossible for the filament portion to penetrate thecarrier web, especially if the carrier web is for instance in form of atextile material which is heavy or of dense weave. To avoid thisdifficulty it is advantageous if the second section is of greaterthickness than the first and third sections, and if furthermore, the tipof the second section is suitably reinforced in a manner still to bediscussed. This achieves the desired purposes and further makes it mucheasier to handle the filament portion during connecting with a carrierweb.

It is most advantageous from a viewpoint of economics and of handling ifthe filament portion is of one piece with the plate portion, button orthe like, and it will even be more economical if they are made ofasuitable synthetic plastic material, for instance by injection molding.

The novel features wheich are considered as characteristic for theinvention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. Theinvention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method ofoperation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, willbe best understood from the following description of specificembodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a partly sectioned view, on asubstantially enlarged scale, of a securing element according to thepresent invention prior to its connection with a carrier;

FIG. 2 is a section taken on line II-II of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partly sectioned view showing the securing element of FIG. 1connected with a carrier and a button;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a further embodiment of the invention, with thefilament portion omitted and showing that major surface which in use ofthe securing element will be exposed;

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 but illustrating a button which isitself configurated as a securing element;

FIG. 7 is an axial sectional elevation of a further embodiment of theinvention with the filament shown in part and with the plate portionbeing configurated as the female part of the snap fastener with the malepart thereof being shown in phantom lines and fragmentarily;

FIG. 8 is the initial step in connecting the embodiment of FIG. 1 to acarrier web;

FIG. 9 is a step subsequent to that shown in FIG. 8; and

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating'astep subsequent to that of FIG. 9 r

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Discussing the drawing indetail, firstly the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 4, it will be seenthat the securing element here is identified in toto with referencenumeral 10 and composed of a filament portion 11 and a plate portion 12.In this embodiment the portions 11 and 12 are of one piece, being madefrom synthetic plastic material, for instance by injection molding. Amaterial suitable for this purpose is polyamide, although othermaterials of a synthetic plastic nature can alsobe used and will bereadily known to those skilled in the art.

Actually, the element 10 if made by injection molding, will not have atthat time its final form. Instead, subsequent to the molding process,the section of the filament portion 11 intermediate the plate portion 12and the tip will be engaged and subjected to a stretching action toapproximately three times (this is of course only by way of example) itsoriginal length as molded, with a corresponding reduction in its crosssection. This results in an orientation of the molecules of the materialin longitudinal direction of the filament portion and imparts to thelatter the desired substantial strength.

It is essential during such stretching to assure that the portion 13where the filament portion 11 joins the plate portion 12 will not bestretched and will remain at its initial thickness because this avoidsthe danger that the filament portion might snap at this point.Furthermore, the section 14 having the tip 15 is not stretched so thatit is thick and more rigid than the other sections of of the filamentportion whereby penetration through a carrier web is facilitated.

The tip 15 permits ready penetration through a carrier web 16 withouthaving to first make holes in the carrier web or without having toutilize a needle. This is clear from FIG. 8. The tip 15 can be producedin the most simple manner by obliquely cutting the section 114, and infact it is very advantageous to produce in a single operation two of theplate portions 12 which are connected by a filament portion 11, and tosevere the filament portion 11 midway between the plate portions 12 witha diagonal cut, thereby producing on both of the remaining filamentportions the desired tip 15. This eliminates not only the need for aseparate operation to produce a tip, but also eliminates the possibilityof waste of material.

As the drawing shows clearly in FIGS. 1 4, the plate portion 12 isprovided with two filament guide portions for the filament sections 17and 18, which are diagrammatically indicated in FIG. 1, and which areclearly identified in FIG. 3. One of these filament guide portions is inform of an open groove provided on that major surface 19 of the plateportion 12 which in the connected condition faces away from the carrier16 (see FIG. 3). The plate portion in this embodiment is of circularoutline, although it could of course be of other outline, and the groove20 is a secant to the circumference of the plate portion. Notches 21 areprovided in the margin of the plate portion and each communicate withone of the opposite ends of the groove 20. A pair of passages 22,located in this embodiment at opposite sides of the groove 20,constitute the other filament guide portion and extend through the plateportion 12 from the major surface 19 towards the other majorsurfacethereof. The passages 22 are spaced from one another by adistance-corresponding to the diameter of the groove 20 which in turn isapproximately equal to the diameter of the section of the filamentportion which is to be received in this groove; the latter extends inthe illustrated embodiment normal to an imaginary line connecting thetwo passages 22.

FIG. 3 and the connecting step illustrated in FIG. 9 indicates that thefilament portion 11 is to be passed sequentially through the passages 22forming a loop. To connect the securing element to a carrier web and forinstance to a button, the tip 15 is first pushed from the reverse side23 of the carrier web 16 to the front side 24 thereof, and it is thenpassed through an eye of a button 25 or through thread holes of such abutton, or of course through other suitable connecting portions ofanother closure member in lieu of a button. Subsequently, the filamentportion is passed in reverse direction from the side 24 to the side 23of the carrier web 16. The filament portion 11 is connected with theplate portion 12 at a marginal location which is remote from thelocation where the filament guide portions are provided and on reachingthe side 23 the filament is first passed through one of the passages 22and then, forming a loop 26 between the passages 22, is passed back inopposite direction through the other passage 22. Now pull is exerted onthe loop 26 until the button 25 contacts the side 24 and plate portion12 contacts the side 23 of the carrier web 16.

Now, the step illustrated in FIG. 10 is carried out in that the tip 15of the filament portion 11 is passed through the loop 26 after firstbending the filament portion around from the concealed side to theexposed major surface 19 of the plate portion 12. Pull on the free endof the filament portion 11 will now result in entry of the section 14into the groove 20, with the loop 26 being drawn onto the section 14.Where the filament portion 11 is reversed from the concealed side to themajor surface 19, it will enter into one of the notches 21 at the end ofthe groove 20. Any excess length of the section 14 is cut off where itextends out of the groove 20.

When the connecting operation is completed, the securing element and thebutton will be connected with the carrier web in the manner illustratedin FIG. 3 and the plate portion with exposed sections of the filamentportion will have the appearance illustrated in FIG. 4. Clearly, asection 18 of the filament portion 11 is passed through the passages 22and straddles the section 17 which is closer to the tip 15 than thesection 18. The portion 28 is at the concealed side of the plate portion12 (see FIG. 3) and is located in one of the notches 21. These rathersharp reversals of direction of the filament portion reduce the tensileforce which can be exerted on the filament portion in a sense tending towithdraw it from the groove 20. It ismoreover, highly important that apoint ofcrossing or intersection occurs between the sections 17 and 18,where the section 17 straddles and presses against the section 18. Thus,the greater the tensile force exerted upon the button 25, the morefirmly the section 18 (the loop) will press against the section 17 andthe more firmly the latter will be retained between the section 18 onthe one hand and the plate portion 12 on the other hand.

It is illustrated in FIG. 1 that the transverse spacing between thepassages 22 corresponds closely to the width of the groove 20 which inturn is so dimensioned as to just accept the associated section of thefilament portion. The thin wall portions 29 remaining between the groove20 and the respective passages 22 become deformed by the pull exerted bythe loop 18, and the portion 26 is drawn inwardly towards the bottom ofthe groove 20 so that even the section 18 becomes lodged completely ornearly completely inwardly of the general plane of the surface 19, anddoes not project beyond this plane or at least not to any undesirableextent. It is emphasized that this has not been illustrated in FIG. 3,simply because it was thought desirable to show the location of thevarious sections with reference to one another more clearly whichnecessitated an avoidance of illustration of this feature. Incidentallyit should be pointed out that ifa cross groove is provided in thesurface 19, connecting the passages 22 with one another, this desirablerecessing of all filament portions in the surface 19 can be furtherenhanced and facilitated.

In the embodiment of FIG. only the exposed surface l9 of a plate portion12' is illustrated. The other components of this embodiment correspondto those of the embodiment in FIGS. 1 4, and insofar as illustrated anddesignated with a reference numeral, are identified with the samereference numeral as in FIGS. 1 4, with the addition ofa prime symbol.The embodiment of FIG. 5 differs from that of FIGS. 1 4 in that thegroove 20' is obtained not by forming it in the surface l9' but insteadby providing the surface 19' with two pairs of transversely spacedprojections 30,30 which are located at opposite marginal portions of theplate portion 12. Only one passage 22' is provided which cooperates inlieu of the other passage 22 in FIGS. 1 4 with a notch or kerf3lprovided in the margin of the plate portion 12 and into which thefilament portion can of course be still more readily inserted thanthrough a passage 22 or 22.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6, I have illustrated that the plate portionitself can be configurated as a button 25. Here, the filament portion 32is formed directly on the button 25 on that side thereof which in usewill face the carrier web. On the exposed side the button is providedfor decorative purposes with a raised rim 33 or the like. Bores orpassages 34 are provided in the central region of the button 25 andcorrespond in their function to the bores or passages 22 in theembodiment of FIGS. 1 4. The exposed side of the button is furtherprovided with an approximately diametrally extending groove 35 whichextends normal to an imaginary line connecting the bores 34 andcorresponds to the bores 20 of FIGS. 1 4. The embodiment of FIG. 6 isused in precisely the same manner as the embodiment of FIGS. 1 4, exceptthat of course a button is not connected with it because the portion 25is itself the button. At the reverse side of the carrier with which itis 8 to be connected, the filament portion 32 of the embodiment of FIG.6 may cooperate with a plate-shaped counter element formed with suitableapertures through which the filament portion can be looped; it is,however, also possible simply to pass the filament portion 32 from thefront side to the reverse side of the carrier web and then back to thefront side to connect it with the filament guide portion in the mannerdiscussed earlier.

FIG. 7 illustrates that the button 25' of FIG. 6 can also be replacedwith a section of snap fastener, here the female or matrix section 35thereof. The configuration of such snap fastener section is known perse, and it is pointed out that the section 36 is in form of a plate 37provided with the portions 38 which are to cooperate in snap-couplingmanner with the diagrammatically illustrated male or matrix section 37aof the snap fastener. At that side of the plate 37 which in use willface the carrier a filament portion 39 is provided and at the other sidethe filament guide portions 34 and 35 are provided. The center of theportions 38, the location where the filament portion 39 is connectedwith plate 37, and the two bores 35' are located on a common line whichconstitutes a diametric line to the preferable circular plate 37. Thus,the section 36 can be readily and reliably connected to a carrierwithout any need for sewing. Of course, a similar connection can beestablished for the matrix which is shown in FIG. 7 in phantom lines,but a detailed illustration or discussion is not believed to benecessary because how this can be done will be self-evident.

It is hardly necessary to point out that other possibilities formodifications and further embodiments will offer themselves readily tothose skilled in the art and are to be considered encompassed within theintent and concept of the present invention. Evidently, the plateportion 12 or any analogous portion need not be circular, but can alsobe annular, rectangular, quadratic, generally polygonal or otherwiseconfigurated. Moreover, a single plate portion 12 can be provided withseveral filament portions and associated filament guide portions inorder to permit a multiple connection with carrier webs.

It will also be appreciated that the section 14 of the filament portion11 could be made stiffer and more rigid in ways other than by giving itan increased crosssection. For instance, the material of the filamentportion 11 in the region of the tip could be chemically treated in orderto further harden the synthetic plastic material thereof in the regionof the tip with respect to the remainder of the filament portion 11which must remain flexible. Also, instead of such chemical treatment, itwould for instance be possible to cover the tip with a metallic coating,for instance by galvanic means, in which case only a layer of somethousands of a millimeter need be applied in order to obtain asubstantial stiffening of the original flexible synthetic plastic andthe hardening of the surface thereof in the region of tip 15, which issufficient to permit penetration as required.

It is of course also possible to make the tip and the portion carryingit of a material different from that of the remainder of the filamentportion, for instance of a metallic material, which could be in form ofa sleeve into which the filament portion 11 is removably inserted. Insuch a manner any carrier web at all to which closure members areconventionally connected, for instance leather, synthetic plastic orrubber could be penetrated. Naturally it should not be excluded that atip might not be formed on the filament portion but that instead thefilament portion might be threaded through a conventional needle whichis then used to penetrate the web. Also, it is possible to utilize asuitable tool in order to provide the necessary aperture or apertures inthe carrier web through which the carrier portion can be pushed, inwhich case the tip is clearly not required on the filament portionitself.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together, may also find a useful application in other types ofconstructions differing from the types described above.

While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied inthe attaching of buttons or the like without sewing, it is not intendedto be limited to the details shown, since various modifications andstructural changes may be made without departing in any way from thespirit of the present invention.

Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist ofthe present invention that others can, by applying current knowledgereadily adapt it for various applications without omitting featuresthat, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essentialcharacteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this inventionand, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to becomprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of thefollowing claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected 1 by Letters Patentis set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A securing element for securing buttons and analogous members to acarrier web, comprising a plate portion having two major surfaces one ofwhich faces the carrier web when said securing element is in use; afilament portion extending from said plate portion and having a firstsection adjacent the same, a second section remote from said plateportion and provided with a tip for penetrating a carrier web, and athird section intermediate and connecting said first and secondsections; and at least two filament guide portions provided on saidplate portion and being elongated in respective intersecting planes, oneof said guide portions being a recess provided at one of said majorsurfaces, and the other of said guide portions comprising two laterallyadjacent passages connecting said major surfaces and being located atopposite sides of said recess, said recess having a width and saidpassages being spaced from one another by a distance which substantiallycorrespond to the cross-sectional dimension of said second section.

2. A securing element as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate portionand filament portion consist of synthetic plastic material and are ofone piece with one another.

3. A closure member as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate portion isa button.

4. A closure member as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate portion isannular and constitutes one of two cooperating parts of a snap fastener.

5. A securing element as defined in claim 1, said recess having a depthgreater than the diameter of said second section.

6. A securing element as defined in claim 1, said recess having a depthsmaller than the diameter of said second section.

7. A securing element as defined in claim 1, said plate portion having acircumferential marginal portion; and wherein at least one of saidpassages is a notch provided in said circumferential marginal portion.

1. A securing element for securing buttons and analogous members to acarrier web, comprising a plate portion having two major surfaces one ofwhich faces the carrier web when said securing element is in use; afilament portion extending from said plate portion and having a firstsection adjacent the same, a second section remote from said plateportion and provided with a tip for penetrating a carrier web, and athird section intermediate and connecting said first and secondsections; and at least two filament guide portions provided on saidplate portion and being elongated in respective intersecting planes, oneof said guide portions being a recess provided at one of said majorsurfaces, and the other of said guide portions comprising two laterallyadjacent passages connecting said major surfaces and being located atopposite sides of said recess, said recess having a width and saidpassages being spaced from one another by a distance which substantiallycorrespond to the cross-sectioNal dimension of said second section.
 2. Asecuring element as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate portion andfilament portion consist of synthetic plastic material and are of onepiece with one another.
 3. A closure member as defined in claim 1,wherein said plate portion is a button.
 4. A closure member as definedin claim 1, wherein said plate portion is annular and constitutes one oftwo cooperating parts of a snap fastener.
 5. A securing element asdefined in claim 1, said recess having a depth greater than the diameterof said second section.
 6. A securing element as defined in claim 1,said recess having a depth smaller than the diameter of said secondsection.
 7. A securing element as defined in claim 1, said plate portionhaving a circumferential marginal portion; and wherein at least one ofsaid passages is a notch provided in said circumferential marginalportion.